abelir

Occitan

Alternative forms

• abelar

Etymology

a- +‎ bel +‎ -ir

Verb

abelir

1. to embellish (make more attractive)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abelir in Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		abelir			?er abelit
past participle		abelit			—
gerund		abelissent			?ent abelit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	abelissi	abelisses	abelís	abelissèm	abelissètz	abelisson
	imperfect	abelissiái	abelissiás	abelissiá	abelissiam	abelissiatz	abelissián
	preterite	abeliguèri	abeliguères	abeliguèt	abeliguèrem	abeliguèretz	abeliguèron
	future	abelirai	abeliràs	abelirà	abelirem	abeliretz	abeliràn
	conditional	abeliriái	abeliriás	abeliriá	abeliriam	abeliriatz	abelirián
	conditional 2nd form1	abeliguèra	abeliguèras	abeliguèra	abeligueram	abeligueratz	abeliguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	abelisca	abeliscas	abelisca	abeliscam	abeliscatz	abeliscan
	imperfect	abeliguèsse	abeliguèsses	abeliguèsse	abeliguèssem	abeliguèssetz	abeliguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			abelís		abeliscam	abelissetz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Old French

Etymology

From bel.

Verb

abelir

1. to please; to be pleasing (to)
2. to embellish (make more attractive)
3. (reflexive, s'abelir) to make oneself more attractive

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of abelir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		abelir			avoir abeli
gerund		en abelissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		abelissant
past participle		abeli
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	abelis	abelis	abelist	abelissons	abelissez	abelissent
	imperfect	abelissoie, abelisseie	abelissoies, abelisseies	abelissoit, abelisseit	abelissiiens, abelissiens	abelissiiez, abelissiez	abelissoient, abelisseient
	preterite	abeli	abelis	abeli	abelimes	abelistes	abelirent
	future	abelirai	abeliras	abelira	abelirons	abeliroiz, abelireiz, abelirez	abeliront
	conditional	abeliroie, abelireie	abeliroies, abelireies	abeliroit, abelireit	abeliriiens, abeliriens	abeliriiez, abeliriez	abeliroient, abelireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	abelisse	abelisses	abelisse	abelissons	abelissez	abelissent
	imperfect	abelisse	abelisses	abelist	abelissons, abelissiens	abelissoiz, abelissez, abelissiez	abelissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	abelis	—	abelissons	abelissez	—

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (abelir)